~( Ferret Knots )~

Mar 5, 2007

2007 week 10: Protein Prediction Programs

ROSETTA@HomeThis is the one I personally use. Easy setup, easy monitoring functions, allows resource allocation. You can join teams and connect with others on the message boards. Plus, with the BOINC manager, you can add and contribute to other distributed computing projects.I have never had any errors or problems, unlike the Standford one which was CONSTANTLY "searching" and never downloaded anything. This project was also briefly introduced on the science daily website here.

Our team is ~Ferret Knots~. Join! It's painless. AND it is an easy way to contribute to the scientific community and future of medicine without the stress of needing to know what it is all about. ^.^

TANPAKUThis is a Japanese Protein Predictor program. Although the project and main pages are in Japanese, you can also view the pages in English. I wrote to them at one point about their status. They, like Rosetta, also claim to to be not-for-profit. They have some vary nice protein-related articles. Plus, like Rosetta not only do they have message boards and the ability to make/join teams, they are also BOINC-compatible. The project is based in Tokyo University.

FOLDING@Home This is the Standford Program I mentioned above. I tried several times to no avail. As such, I really can not recommend it because it never worked for me. We are donating are time and computer resources freely, the least they should provide is a well written program. It is a more heavily graphic based program so if you can get it to run, good for you. If not you can always stick with Rosetta or Tanpaku.

ALERTS

UPDATING PROCESS HAS BEGUN!!
Thanks for your patience! ^.^

Articles & LOTS of links have been updated. More to come!Discussion Board Opened HERE in FEB. 2007!

*We're mostly settled in, but still working the kinks out in the articles. For example, I can't decide how to categorize all the protein articles--should protein structure, protein folding, general protein articles, etc... be completely seperate or partially grouped or...? That type of problem.

About These Articles

some of the articles here are free to the public, others can be bought through the respective sites, and still others require you to be a member of that society, eg some AVMA articles.

Links - General Science

PubMed:
Search all sorts of DB's for the latest research published in the US. Freely accessible to all.

Discussion Board

A place to debate your ideas, discuss the articles, and share information.
Opened HERE in Feb. 2007

Actually, I expect it to be rather quiet, mostly functioning as our own private notepad or a message board for those who find the public message board below too cramped. At any rate, it's available for posting and chatting! You just need to join the forum.